You really don't need to here what I was going to say since you already know.
Edward's POV
"Are you kidding me? After school detention for six weeks, that's absolutely ridiculous!" I yelled at Mr. Franklin, my principle as I looked between him, my parents, Mike who was sitting there smugly and his parents.
"Edward, sit down." My mother hissed as she pulled my back down.
"It's your choice Mr. Cullen, six weeks of after school detention of two weeks of suspension." Mr. Franklin said as he peered over the top of his glasses at him.
"I want to know what Mike's punishment is because I think that whatever he gets, I should get. After all, he did punch me first." I said as I sent a glare his way.
"As true as that may be, you attacked him after the punch."
"Like you wouldn't have done the same thing." I argued.
"That's enough, Edward." My father said sternly.
"No, this is bullshit. Every one of you would have done the exact same thing, even Mike. If I would have punched him first, he would have jumped on me."
"That's enough, Edward. Pick your punishment."
"What's Mike's?" I asked again.
"One week of after school detention."
I could feel my jaw clench and I stood up. My mom grabbed my arm, trying to pull me back down but I shook her grip off of me. "Then I guess that's what I have too, after all it's only fair. I mean, really, if we didn't get equal punishment someone might find that a little suspicious and think that there's some form of favoritism going on and we wouldn't want that."
"You just earned yourself another week." Mr. Franklin said harshly.
"Hell." I said as I threw my arms up in the air. "Why don't you just make it for the rest of the school year?" I said and stormed out of the office, leaving everyone staring at my exit.
I stomped through the hallways, making people move out of my way otherwise I would have shoved them out of the way, as I made my way to my locker. I glared at everyone who was staring at me and stopped at my locker where Emmett, Alice, and Jasper were all waiting for me. I ran my hands through my hair, tugging at the ends as they waited to hear what I had to say.
"My parents are going to fucking kill me." I said as I shook my head as I opened my locker and pulled out my notebook.
"What happened?" Alice asked.
I sighed and told them how I argued with Mr. Franklin. Emmett laughed and high fived me, I returned it even though it didn't feel like that was something to be celebrating and then took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. I saw Bella and Rosalie at their locker, talking to Angela and I walked away from my friends without another word.
"Bella, can we talk?" I asked hesitantly as I approached her.
She shook her head and tried to walk away but I followed her, and when we rounded the corner I tugged on her arm, making her turn around and face me. She glared at me for a minute, but her gaze softened once her eyes met mine.
"Can we talk?" I asked again as I raised my eyebrows.
"Yeah." She nodded.
I sighed as I ran a hand through my hair again. "Look, I want you to know that I'm not sorry for punching him; he definitely deserved it. Yeah, I did go a little overboard, but I was pissed and he had no right to say anything like that. Oh, and I have after school detention until the day I die, or we graduate, whichever comes first."
Bella smiled softly and wrapped her arms around my waist, letting her head rest on my chest. I quickly wrapped my arms around her too, pulling her close as I rested my head on top of hers.
"I'm not mad at you; I agree that he deserved it. And I get that you were defending me and yourself, but please just promise that that's not how you resolve all your issues." She said into my chest and I laughed lightly.
"Trust me, it's not."
She pulled away and gave me a smile, then got on her tip toes and pecked my lips gently. The warning bell went off and she sighed, breaking out of my grip. "I'll see you later, alright?"
I nodded. "Hey, you're still going to go to prom with me, right?"
She shrugged as she let a playful smile slip onto her lips. "I think you need to ask me again, you know, to make up for the fight."
I laughed and nodded. "Alright."
I jogged to Armstrong's class, making it in the classroom right as the bell rang. After I grabbed my letter off his desk I made my way to my desk, and slid in, sending a brief smile to Emmett. He nodded his head and then pointed to the board, where I saw that the topic was Prom. I groaned and then read Iz's letter before taking out a blank sheet of paper.
I sighed feeling at a complete loss. I couldn't tell Iz that I had gotten into a fight after asking my prom date to prom, by now the whole school knows about the fight and we had to remain anonymous. So after settling on lying a little, I flipped my notebook open and began to write.
Iz,
Honestly, I don't even know when Prom is. I'm not that excited about it, but then again, I'm not a girl. I'm sure it'll be fun, just because I'm hanging out with my friends and we always have fun. But, I won't lie, I wouldn't be devastated if I missed it. I guess it's more fun if you're a girl. You get to go buy a huge dress and get your hair fixed and buy new shoes and all that shit. Guys just rent a tux and buy a tie, that's it. And they don't even get to pick the color of the tie, no it has to match the color of the girl's dress. I do plan on having a date though, hopefully. I tried to ask this girl yesterday, but it didn't exactly work out so I'm now planning on how to ask her. I want to ask in a way that I know that she'll like. And I just hope that she doesn't wear a pink dress, otherwise I'm not sure if I can promise that my tie will match. Pink just isn't my color.
Anthony.
PS, Seriously, when is Prom?
Bella's POV
Anthony,
Prom is May 15, my friend. So you better ask that girl before someone else does. Because that would suck. I understand why you feel like Prom is more exciting for a girl, when you put it like that, it kind of is. I will not lie, I'm super stoked to go Prom dress shopping. And there's hope that your date won't want a pink dress, I don't. I'm hoping to find either a bright yellow or green dress. I really haven't decided yet. I'm leaning towards green though. And ask for shoes, I'll be rocking my Nike Airs because I hate wearing heels. But then again, not every girl is as cool as me. I'm still waiting on the guy I like to ask me. I know he's going to, as weird as that sounds. But I know, and I really can't wait for him to ask.
Iz.
PS, Only real men can pull off pink, is that why it's not your color? Just kidding, friend.
Rosalie and I were standing at my locker as I switched books. She would flip through the pages of a Prom magazine and gasp, holding up the picture of a dress and ask me what I would think. She would reply with saying that she wants that dress, and then turn the page, starting the process all over again.
A pair of arms snaked around my waist and a soft kiss was planted on my cheek. I turned around and saw Edward grin at me as his light chocolate colored eyes sparked when they locked on mine.
"Hey, guys." Edward said to me and Rosalie.
"Hey." we both replied.
"How would you feel about skipping your study hall today?" Edward asked as he laced his hand with mine.
"I don't know, Edward."
"Oh come on, Bella. Do it." Rosalie said as she smiled from beside me.
"Yeah, Bella, do it." Edward said and then smirked.
I rolled my eyes but smiled. "Alright, let's get out of here."
I slid on a pair of Edward's sunglasses as he rolled down the windows of his car and we flew down the highway. He turned his Blink-182 cd, singing along to Shut Up loudly. I grinned at him and wiped some hair out of my face, before singing with him. Edward laced his hand with mine as he got off the highway and directed us through the town, and into the mall's parking lot.
"Where to first?" I asked as I swung out locked hands back and forth.
I grinned as I led us through the mall and into Journey's shoe store. Edward smiled at me and I led him over to the girls side and examined some shoes. I pulled a dark purple Vans off the wall and checked the size. Since it was a size six, I tried it on and then looked at Edward.
"What do you think?" I asked as I walked over to the mirror and looked at my feet.
Edward shrugged. "I like them."
"Really?" I asked as I looked at him.
"Really." He said and grinned again.
I smiled and pulled the shoe off, then walked over and put it back in the box, along with the other one. I pulled my wallet out of my hand, but Edward took the shoes and ran to the counter as he pulled out forty dollars to buy them with.
"Edward, no." I whined as I stood at his side.
He covered my mouth with his hand and smiled down at me. "Consider this my makeup gift to you. For being such a douche and not letting it go." He said.
I reached up and traced the dark purple bruise on his jaw, making it tighten under my touch. "Well, the black eye and bruise on your jaw make you look like a total badass, so I don't mind as much." I said as I leaned up and kissed his cheek.
Edward paid for the shoes and then handed me the bag. I slid my hand back into his and we headed over to the food court where we both got pretzels, Edward got a strawberry banana smoothie and I got a chocolate shake and we sat down on a bench across from Aunt Annie's.
"Here, try this." Edward said as he thrust his cup at me.
I took a sip and let a 'Mmm' come up from the back on my throat. "That's good." I said and pushed the cup back to him.
Edward beamed. "Yeah, strawberry banana is the only type of smoothie I like." He said and broke off a piece of his pretzel, popping it into his mouth.
"Have you ever tried any other kind?" I asked with a small smile.
Edward shook his head and took another sip. "No need."
I laughed lightly and rested my head on his shoulder as I sipped my chocolate shake. Edward threw our trash away in the trashcan next to him and wrapped an arm around me, pulling me closer to him. I looked up at him, and saw him staring at me intently.
"What?" I asked softly.
Edward shook his head and sucked in a deep breath. He gave me a soft smile and leaned down, gently pressed his lips to mine. I let my hand run through his hair, looping a small strand around my index finger as I smiled into the kiss. We both pulled away breathless and smiling and Edward rested his forehead on mine.
"I really like you, Bella."
"Well that's good, because I really like you too."
He dipped down and stole another light kiss before pulling back and standing up. He offered me his hand and I quickly laced mine with his again as we left the mall.
"Sorry we have to cut this short, but I have to go to my first detention and you have tennis practice anyway."
"It's alright." I said as we pulled back into the parking lot. The bell hand just rang and people were filing out of the building and all headed for their cars. I leaned over and kissed Edward's cheek before we both got out of his car and walked over to the gym.
"Have fun in detention." I said with a smirk.
Edward rolled his eyes. "Have fun getting all sweaty."
"Try not to think about me too much." I teased.
"That's impossible."